Young people join efforts to promote traffic safety

Young volunteers in the central province of Ha Tinh lined alongside a
stretch of National Highway 1A on August 11 to help ensure traffic
safety on the road by offering advice and assistance to passing drivers.

The event was one of a number of activities that have been
organised by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) and the
Ministry of Transport in a bid to ensure traffic safety on National
Highway 1A and National Highway 14, where expansion work is underway.

Addressing the ceremony, which took place in Ky Anh district,
Transport Minister Dinh La Thang highlighted the leading role played by
young people in promoting a safe traffic culture and praised their
active participation in the expansion of the two national highways.

He proposed provincial and municipal chapters of the HCMCYU to
duplicate the model nationwide, pledging to assist them in the work.

Permanent Secretary of the HCMCYU Central Committee Phan Van Mai said
the union will continue its close coordination with the Transport
Ministry and the National Committee for Traffic Safety in popularising
the nation’s traffic laws and maintaining the effective presence of
voluntary teams on the highways.

Young people in other provinces Highway 1A runs through will also take part in the campaign.

National Highway 1A, which runs from north to south, is crucial to
Vietnam’s socio-economic development, and its expansion is a key
national project.-VNA